The Police
Service Commission has said that it cannot probe the Inspector-General of
Police, Ibrahim Idris, for allegedly pocketing N10bn monthly as payment for
private security services rendered by the police to corporate organisations and
Very Important Persons.
The PSC is
in charge of promotion and discipline of officers in the Nigeria Police Force.
However,
the PSC’s Spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, said the IG was not under the commission’s
supervision by virtue of the Act establishing the commission.
He stated
that by law, the commission could discipline or probe policemen from the rank
of constable to Deputy Inspector-General of Police.
“So, the
commission cannot investigate or discipline the IG,” Ani said.
Meanwhile,
it was learnt that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was not
investigating the Inspector-General of Police.
A senior
EFCC official told one of Punch correspondents that the anti-graft agency had
no reason yet to probe Idris.
The source
added, “We are currently not probing the IG and as it is, there is no reason to
probe him.”
It was
learnt from the EFCC official that no petition had been sent to the EFCC
regarding the police boss as of Friday.
The
Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Isah Misau, had recently accused Idris of
extorting money, ranging from N10m to N15m, from commissioners of police, state
mobile commanders and special protection unit commanders, for favourable
postings.
Misau had
also alleged that the police boss made N10bn monthly from oil companies and
other private individuals who enjoy special protection from the security
agency.
Misau had
said the level of corruption being perpetrated by the current Inspector-General
of Police and the Chairman, Police Service Commission, Mike Okiro (retd.), was
so alarming and capable of undermining the anti-corruption stance of President
Muhammadu Buhari.
- Punch
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